Supreme Court won’t hear Rob Ford appeal (video)

OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday it would not hear an appeal into Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s conflict of interest case.

An Ontario Superior Court judge ruled in November that Ford should be booted from office for violating the Toronto Conflict of Interest Act. That ruling came after the mayor solicited more than $3,000 in donations for his personal Rob Ford Football Foundation charity in 2010 by using unofficial city council letterhead and other resources available to him as mayor. The council voted on whether Ford should pay back the money, only to have the mayor vote against the motion which ultimately failed to pass.

However, the Ontario ruling was overturned in January by an appeal court and Ford was allowed to keep his job.

Toronto lawyer Clayton Ruby, who has been leading efforts to have Ford removed from office, then asked the Supreme Court to appeal that ruling.